Rail-joint.



E. E. BEEMAN.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLIUATION IILEI) APR. 21, 1910.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

- WITNESSES W UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ELMER E. BEEMAN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Emma E. BEEMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of. which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to metallic ties and rail fasteners, and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide novel metallic ties for supporting rails, thereby dispensing with the use of wooden ties or sleepers; second, to provide a fastener for the confronting ends of rails that will positively hold the rails without the use of bolts, nuts, and similar fastening devices; third, to provide a metallic tie and rail fastener that will compensate for the expansion and contraction of rails mounted upon the tie and held thereby; fourth, to provide a metallic tie and rail fastener that can be easily and quickly installed without skilled labor; fifth,

to furnish metallic ties with rail fasteners that will prevent the lateral and vertical displacement of rails mounted thereon, and sixth, to accomplish the above results by a mechanical construction that is simple, durable, inexpensive .to manufacture, and highly efficient for the purposes for which it is intended.

I attain the above objects by a metallic tie and rail fastener that will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing forming a part of this specification, wherein there are illustrated the preferred embodiments of my invention, but it is to be understood that the structural elements thereof can be varied or changed, as to the size, shape, and manner of assemblage without departing from the scope of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rail joint in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a rail fastener in accordance with my invention. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. l is a transverse sectional view of the rail joint shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a detached tie plate adapted to form part of the rail joint, and Fig. 6 is a plan of a portion of the tie and rail fastener.

To put my invention into practice, I provide inverted channel-shaped ties with novel fasteners for either holding the confronting Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 21, 1910.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

Serial No. 556,738.

ends of two rails or the sides of rails, the ties being so constructed that they can be used in connection with the present type of roadbed.

Each tie comprises an inverted channelshaped beam 1 having the lower edges of the vertical walls 2 provided with lateral flanges 3 and the outer edges of these flanges are bent downwardly, as at 4 to engage in the ballast of the roadbed. The ties are of a length corresponding to the length of the present type of wooden ties, and the ends of the beams 1 are adapted to be closed by vertical plates 5 having right angular inwardly extending tongues 6 adapted to extend into the ends of the beam 1 and be held in place by the ballast of the road-bed, the ballast retaining these tongues in engage.- ment with the under surface of the beams 1.

Considering the ties as used in connection with rail joints, reference will first be had to Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings. As shown in Fig. l of the drawings, two of the ties are assembled to support the confronting ends of two rails 7 and these rails have the base flanges 8 thereof mounted upon a tie plate 9 bridging the two ties, said tie plate being of a width corresponding to the base of each rail, and the ends of said tie plate are provided with transverse non-elongated recesses 10 adapted to receive the lower ends of pins 11 mounted in the base of each rail, these pins preventing longitudinal movement of said rails relatively to said tie plate. Riveted or otherwise secured to the inverted channel-shaped beams 1 at the ends thereof are outer fastener members and inner fastener members, said members comprising inverted channel-shaped bars 12 having the lower edges thereof flanged, as at 13, and secured to the beams 1. The inner fastener members are of a greater length than the outer members, and the fastener members 12 are adapted to receive the tongues 14 of an outer splice bar 15, said tongues being formed at the ends of the bars whereby said bar can firmly hold the rails 7, said bar extending over the base flanges 8 and embracing the web portions of said rails. The inner fastener members are adapted to receive the tongues 16 of an inner splice bar 17, similar to the splice bar 15. Mounted in the inner fastener members 12 are longitudinal rods 18 and these rods have the outer ends thereof protruding from the members 12 and bent to extend through the tongues 16, as at 19,

the ends of the rods 18 being clenched or bent under the tongues, as at 20. The inner splice bars 17 are of a greater width than the outer splice bars and the inner fastener members 12 have the side walls thereof cut away, as at 19 to provide clearance for the tongues of the inner splice bars.

Reference will now be had to Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the inner and outer fastener members of a less depth than the members for the tongues of the splice bars, and it is in this instance that the tie plate 9 is dispensed with, as the inner and outer splice bars and fasteners can be used upon curved portions of a track intermediate joints simply to brace a rail.

From the foregoing it is thought that the utility and manner of assembling the various parts of my invention will be fully understood, the rail joint in its entirety is made of strong and durable metal.

lVhat I claim, is:

1. In a metallic tie and rail fastener, the combination with rails, of inverted channelshaped beams having the lower edges thereof provided with lateral flanges, end plates mounted in the ends of said beams, a tie plate mounted upon said beams and adapted to support the confronting ends of said rails, inner and outer fastener members secured to said beams at the sides of said tie plate, splice bars adapted to embrace said rails and tongues carried by said splice bars at the ends thereof and adapted to extend into said fastener members.

2. In a metallic tie and rail fastener, the combination with rails, of inverted channelshaped beams having the lower edges thereof provided with lateral flanges, end plates mounted in the ends of said beams, a tie plate mounted upon said beams and adapted to support the confronting ends of said rails, inner and outer fastener members secured to said beams at the sides of said tie plate, splice bars adapted to embrace said rails, tongues carried by said splice bars at the ends thereof and adapted to extend into said fastener members, and means adapted to lock the tongues of the inner splice bar in engagement with the inner fastener members.

3. In a metallic tie and rail fastener, the combination with rails, of inverted channelshaped beams having the lower edges thereof provided with lateral flanges, end plates mounted in the ends of said beams, a tie plate mounted upon said beams and adapted to support the confronting ends of said rails, inner and outer fastener members secured to said beams at the sides of said tie plate, splice bars adapted to embrace said rails, tongues carried by said splice bars at the ends thereof and adapted to extend into said fastener members, means adapted to lock the tongues of the inner splice bar in engagement with the inner fastener members, and means carried by said rails and engaging said tie plate to prevent longitudinal displacement of said rails relatively to said tie plate.

In testimony whereof I my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELMER E. BEEMAN.

Witnesses MAX H. SRoLovrrz, K. H. BUTLER. 

